Milestones and millstones: A retrospective on 50 years of research to improve productivity in loblolly pine plantations

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 227, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 137-144

  Carter, Mason C ^a   Foster, C Darwin ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pine plantations; Soil productivity; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

HARVESTING; PAPER AND PULP INDUSTRY; SOFTWOODS; VEGETATION;

FOREST FERTILIZATION; NURSERY MANAGEMENT; PINE PLANTATIONS; SOIL PRODUCTIVITY; SUSTAINABILITY;

FORESTRY;

EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PLANTATION FORESTRY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESEARCH WORK;

HARVESTING; PAPER INDUSTRY; PINUS; PLANTATIONS; PLANTS; SOFTWOODS;

PINUS ECHINATA; PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 33748703612     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.02.014     Document Type: Article

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